2016 Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory
Advisory Table
Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Acton Lake
All Waters
Channel Catfish
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Bluegill, Common Carp,
Saugeye
Unrestricted
Adams Lake
All Waters
(Adams County)
Bluegill Sunfish,
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Ashtabula River
Hilldom Road to U.S. Route 20
(Prospect Road) (Ashtabula County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Smallmouth Bass
Month
PCBs
U.S. Route 20 (Prospect Road) to
mouth (Lake Erie)
(Ashtabula County)
Common Carp,
Freshwater Drum
Month
PCBs
Auglaize River
U.S. Route 33, Wapakoneta
to Maumee River, Defiance
(Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Paulding,
Putnam counties)
Freshwater Drum,
Smallmouth Bass,
Rock Bass
Month
Mercury
Bad Creek
All Waters
Channel Catfish
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Berlin Lake
All Waters
(Mahoning, Portage, Stark counties)
Channel Catfish
Month
PCBs
Common Carp
Month
Lead, PCBs
U.S. Route 42 (Plain City) to
Alkire Road (Georgesville)
(Franklin, Madison, Union counties)
Channel Catfish
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Alkire Road (Georgesville)
to mouth (Scioto River)
(Franklin, Pickaway counties)
Channel Catfish
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Freshwater Drum
20” and over,
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
State Route 39 (Melco)
to mouth (Mohican River)
(Ashland, Richland counties)
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
All waters
Freshwater Drum
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Channel Catfish
Month
PCBs
Rock Bass
Month
Mercury
Interstate 80 to Homewood Park
(Lorain) (Lorain County)
Channel Catfish
Month
PCBs
Freshwater Drum
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Homewood Park (Lorain) to
Erie St./US Route 6
(Lorain County)
Common Carp,
Channel Catfish
Month
PCBs
Freshwater Drum
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Big Darby Creek
Black Fork
Mohican River
Black River
(continued on
next page)
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2016 Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory
Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Black River
(continued)
Erie St./US Route 6 to mouth
(Lake Erie)
(Lorain County)
Common Carp
Two months
PCBs
Channel Catfish
Month
PCBs
Freshwater Drum
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Bokes Creek
All Waters
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Buckeye Lake
All Waters
(Fairfield, Licking, Perry counties)
Black Crappie,
Saugeye
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Chagrin River
I-90 to mouth
(Lake Erie) (Lake County)
Rock Bass,
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Chippewa Lake
All Waters
Common Carp,
White Crappie
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Bluegill, Channel Catfish
Unrestricted
C.J. Brown Reservoir
All Waters
(Clark County)
Walleye, Common Carp
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Clear Creek
Clearport Road (Clearport)
to mouth (Hocking River)
(Fairfield, Hocking counties)
Common Carp
Month
Mercury
Clear Fork Reservoir
All Waters
(Richland County)
Largemouth Bass
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Conneaut Creek
All Waters (Ashtabula County)
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Cross Creek
Reeds Mill Road to mouth
(Ohio River)
(Jefferson County)
Channel Catfish
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Freshwater Drum,
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
State Route 87 (Russell Park) to
Ohio Edison Dam Pool
(Geauga, Portage, Summit counties)
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
Black Crappie,
Month
White Sucker 16” and over
Mercury
Ohio Edison Dam Pool
to mouth (Lake Erie)
(Cuyahoga, Summit counties)
Brown Bullhead, Channel
Catfish, Common Carp
PCBs
Cuyahoga River
Month
White Sucker 16” and over Month
Mercury
Deer Creek
Interstate 70 to mouth (Scioto River) Channel Catfish,
(Fayette, Madison, Pickaway,
White Crappie
Ross counties)
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Deer Creek Lake
All Waters
(Fayette, Pickaway counties)
Common Carp,
Largemouth Bass,
White Crappie
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Dicks Creek
Cincinnati-Dayton Road,
Middletown to the Great Miami
River (Butler County)
All Species
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Dillon Lake
All Waters
(Muskingum County)
Common Carp,
Largemouth Bass
Two meals
per week
Mercury
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Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Dow Lake
All Waters
(Athens County)
Channel Catfish,
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Duck Creek
Township Road 329 (Stanleyville) to
State Route 26 (Norwood)
(Washington County)
Common Carp, Sauger
Month
Total DDT
State Route 26 (Norwood) to mouth
(Ohio River)
(Washington County)
Common Carp, Sauger
Month
Total DDT
Black Crappie,
Freshwater Drum,
Saugeye 16" and over
Month
Mercury
East Branch
Black River
Richman Road (Lodi) to mouth
(Black River)
(Lorain, Medina counties)
Common Carp 23” and
over, Rock Bass,
Smallmouth Bass,
Yellow Bullhead
Month
Mercury
East Branch
Rocky River
State Route 3 (North Royalton) to
mouth (Rocky River)
(Cuyahoga County)
Rock Bass
Month
Mercury
East Fork Lake
(Harsha Lake)
All Waters
(Clermont County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
East Fork
Little Miami River
All Waters
(Brown, Clermont, Clinton,
Hamilton, Highland counties)
Channel Catfish, Common
Carp, Flathead Catfish,
Rock Bass, Smallmouth
Bass, Spotted Bass
Month
Mercury
Eastwood Lake
All Waters (Montgomery County)
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
Fish Creek
All Waters (Williams County)
Rock Bass
Month
Mercury
Findley Reservoir #2
All Waters
Walleye, White Bass
Unrestricted
Ford (a.k.a.
Hamilton) Hydraulic
Canal
All Waters
(Butler County)
Channel Catfish,
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
Forked Run Lake
All Waters
(Meigs County)
Common Carp,
Largemouth Bass,
White Crappie
Month
Mercury
Four Mile Creek
Acton Lake to Sevenmile Creek
(Butler County)
Smallmouth Bass
17" and over
Month
Mercury
Grand Lake St. Marys All Waters
(Auglaize, Mercer counties)
Largemouth Bass
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Grand River
(continued on
next page)
Common Carp
22” and over
Month
PCBs
Freshwater Drum,
Largemouth Bass,
Rock Bass, Silver
Redhorse, Smallmouth
Bass, Walleye, Yellow
Bullhead
Month
Mercury
Lake Estabrook (Parkman) to
Sweitzer Road (Camp Yakewi)
(Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull
counties)
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Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Grand River
(continued)
Sweitzer Road (Camp Yakewi) to
State Route 2 (Painesville)
(Ashtabula, Lake counties)
Common Carp 22”
and over, Rainbow Trout
Month
PCBs
Freshwater Drum,
Largemouth Bass,
Rock Bass, Silver
Redhorse, Smallmouth
Bass, Walleye, Yellow
Bullhead
Month
Mercury
State Route 2 (Painesville) to mouth
(Lake Erie)
(Lake County)
Common Carp 18”
and over, Rainbow Trout
Month
PCBs
Freshwater Drum,
Largemouth Bass,
Silver Redhorse,
Smallmouth Bass,
Yellow Bullhead
Month
Mercury
Downstream of Indian Lake
to Lowhead Dam at Monument
Avenue (Dayton)
(Logan, Miami, Montgomery, Shelby
counties)
Common Carp, Channel
Catfish, Flathead Catfish
Month
PCBs
Largemouth Bass,
Saugeye, Smallmouth
Bass, White Bass
Month
Mercury
Lowhead Dam at Monument Avenue
(Dayton) to State Route 73 near
Middletown
(Butler, Montgomery, Warren
counties)
All Suckers
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Flathead Catfish
Month
PCBs, Mercury
Common Carp,
Channel Catfish
Month
PCBs
Largemouth Bass,
Saugeye, Smallmouth
Bass, White Bass
Month
Mercury
All Suckers
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Striped Bass Hybrid
Two months
*PCBs, Lead
Flathead Catfish
Month
PCBs, Mercury
Channel Catfish, Common
Carp, Freshwater Drum,
Smallmouth Buffalo
Month
PCBs
Largemouth Bass,
Saugeye, Smallmouth
Bass, White Bass
Month
Mercury
Great Miami River
(continued on
next page)
State Route 73 near Middletown to
Harrison Pike (Miamitown)
(Butler, Hamilton, Warren counties)
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Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Great Miami River
(continued)
Harrison Pike (Miamitown)
to mouth (Ohio River)
(Hamilton County)
All Suckers
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Striped Bass Hybrid
Two months
*PCBs, Lead
Flathead Catfish
Month
PCBs, Mercury
Channel Catfish, Common
Carp, Smallmouth Buffalo
Month
PCBs
Freshwater Drum 16” and
over, Largemouth Bass,
Saugeye, White Bass
Month
Mercury
Month
Mercury
Greenville Creek
All Waters
(Darke, Miami counties)
Largemouth Bass,
Smallmouth Bass
Griggs Reservoir
All Waters
(Franklin County)
Common Carp
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Hamilton
Hydraulic Canal
See Ford Hydraulic Canal
(Butler County)
Highlandtown Lake
All Waters (Columbiana County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Hocking River
Rock Mill Road (Rock Mill) to
State Route 33 (The Plains)
(Athens, Fairfield, Hocking counties)
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
State Route 33 (The Plains)
to U.S. Route 50/State Route 32
(Athens)
(Athens, Hocking counties)
Common Carp,
Freshwater Drum
Month
PCBs
Walleye
Month
Mercury
U.S. Route 50/State Route 32
(Athens) to mouth (Ohio River)
(Athens County)
Common Carp,
Freshwater Drum
Month
PCBs
Spotted Bass
Month
Lead
Huron River
All Waters
(Erie, Huron counties)
Common Carp
Smallmouth Buffalo
Month
PCBs
Indian Lake
All Waters
(Logan County)
Black Crappie, Channel
Catfish, Common Carp,
Largemouth Bass
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Jefferson Lake
All Waters (Jefferson County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Killdeer Pond #30
All Waters (Wyandot County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Kiser Lake
All Waters
(Champaign County)
Largemouth Bass
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Bluegill
Unrestricted
Common Carp,
White Crappie
Two meals
per week
Channel Catfish
Unrestricted
Knox Lake
All Waters
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Mercury
2016 Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory
Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Kokosing River
County Road 13/Green Valley Road
(Mount Vernon) to mouth
(Walhonding River)
(Coshocton, Knox counties)
Rock Bass 8” and over,
Smallmouth Bass
15” and over
Month
Mercury
LaDue Reservoir
All Waters
(Geauga County)
Brown Bullhead,
Largemouth Bass
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Lake Erie
All Waters
(Ashtabula, Cuyahoga,
Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa,
Sandusky counties)
Common Carp
27” and over
Two months
PCBs
Smallmouth Bass
Month
PCBs and
Mercury
Channel Catfish,
Month
Common Carp under 27”,
Freshwater Drum, Lake
Trout, Steelhead Trout,
White Bass, Whitefish 19”
and over, White Perch
PCBs
Brown Bullhead
Month
Mercury
Lake Erie Tributaries
All Waters
(Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake,
Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky
counties)
Steelhead Trout
Month
PCBs
Lake Hope
All Waters (Vinton County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Lake La Su An
All Waters (Williams County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Lake Lavere
All Waters (Williams County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Lake Logan
All Waters
Common Carp,
White Crappie
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Bluegill, Channel Catfish,
Saugeye
Unrestricted
Lake Milton
All Waters (Mahoning County)
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
Lake Nesmith
All Waters
(Summit County)
Channel Catfish,
Common Carp
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Lake Sue
All Waters (Williams County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Lake White
All Waters
Common Carp
Two meals
per week
Licking River
Adjacent Summit Street (Newark)
to mouth (Muskingum River)
(Licking, Muskingum counties)
Channel Catfish
Month
PCBs
Little Beaver Creek
Upstream of Bell School Road
(Williamsport) to Pennsylvania
State Line (near Grimms Bridge
Road)
(Columbiana County)
Channel Catfish
Two months
PCBs
Common Carp, Sauger
Month
PCBs
Smallmouth Bass
12” and over
Month
Mercury
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2016 Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory
Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Little Miami River
Lower Bellbrook Road (Bellbrook)
to mouth (Ohio River)
(Clermont, Greene, Hamilton,
Warren counties)
Common Carp 24” and
over, Freshwater Drum
16” and over, Sauger,
Silver Redhorse,
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Little
Muskingum River
Hill's Covered Bridge to mouth
(Ohio River)
(Washington County)
Freshwater Drum
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Spotted Bass,
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Little Scioto River
State Route 739, near Marion
to Holland Road, near Marion
(Marion County)
All Species
Do Not Eat
PAHs
Little Scioto River
(Southeast Ohio
River tributary)
Millstone Road to mouth
(Scioto River)
(Scioto County)
Channel Catfish
Month
PCBs, Mercury
Rock Bass, Smallmouth
Bass, Spotted Bass
Month
Mercury
Mad River
U.S. Route 36 (Urbana) to mouth
(Great Miami River)
(Champaign, Clark, Greene,
Montgomery counties)
Channel Catfish,
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Rockhill Avenue NE (Alliance)
to Pennsylvania State Line
(Mahoning, Portage, Stark,
Trumbull counties)
Channel Catfish
Two months
PCBs
Mahoning River
Maumee River
(continued on
next page)
Smallmouth Bass, Walleye Month
*Mercury, PCBs
Northern Pike, Rock Bass,
Bluegill, Common Carp
Month
PCBs
Yellow Perch
Week
PCBs
Indiana State Line to Defiance
(Defiance, Paulding counties)
Freshwater Drum,
Smallmouth Bass,
Smallmouth Buffalo,
Common Carp,
Flathead Catfish
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Defiance to Perrysburg
(Defiance, Henry, Lucas, Wood
counties)
Channel Catfish
Month
PCBs
Freshwater Drum,
Smallmouth Bass,
Smallmouth Buffalo,
Common Carp,
Flathead Catfish
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Perrysburg to Interstate 75
(Lucas, Wood counties)
Channel Catfish
Two months
PCBs
Freshwater Drum,
Smallmouth Bass,
Smallmouth Buffalo,
Common Carp,
Flathead Catfish
Month
Mercury, PCBs
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Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Maumee River
(continued)
Interstate 75 to mouth (Lake Erie)
(Lucas County)
Channel Catfish
Two months
PCBs
Smallmouth Bass
Month
PCBs
Freshwater Drum,
Smallmouth Buffalo,
Common Carp,
Flathead Catfish
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Meadowbrook Lake
Perrysburg to mouth (Lake Erie)
(Lucas, Wood counties)
Channel Catfish
Two months
PCBs
Middle Fork Little
Beaver Creek^
Allen Road (Salem) to
State Route 14 (Millville)
(Columbiana, Mahoning counties)
Freshwater Drum,
Smallmouth Bass,
Smallmouth Buffalo,
Common Carp,
Flathead Catfish
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Sauger
Month
PCBs
Freshwater Drum
Month
Mercury
State Route 14 (Millville) to mouth
(Little Beaver Creek)
(Columbiana County)
Common Carp, Sauger
Month
PCBs
Freshwater Drum
Month
Mercury
Mill Creek
(Ashtabula)
South Denmark Road (Jefferson)
to mouth (Grand River)
(Ashtabula County)
Largemouth Bass,
Rock Bass
Month
Mercury
Mill Creek
(Cincinnati)
Interstate 275 to the Ohio River
(Hamilton County)
Striped Bass Hybrid
Month
PCBs
Mill Creek
(Marysville)
State Route 36 to mouth
(Scioto River)
Saugeye
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
County Highway 23 (Spellacy)
to mouth (Walhonding River)
(Coshocton, Holmes, Knox counties)
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
Rock Bass
Month
Mercury
All Waters
(Trumbull County)
Northern Pike
Month
Mercury
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
Bluegill
Week
PCBs, lead
Smallmouth Buffalo
24” and over
Two months
PCBs
Channel Catfish, Common
Carp, Smallmouth Buffalo
under 24”, White Bass
Month
PCBs
Flathead Catfish
24” and over, Saugeye,
Striped Bass Hybrid
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Mohican River
Mosquito Creek
Muskingum River
(continued on
next page)
Zanesville Dam (Zanesville)
to mouth (Ohio River)
(Morgan, Muskingum, Washington
counties)
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Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Muskingum River
(continued)
Zanesville Dam (Zanesville)
to mouth (Ohio River)
(Morgan, Muskingum, Washington
counties)
Freshwater Drum,
Spotted Bass
Month
Mercury
New Lyme Lake
All Waters
(Ashtabula County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Nimishillen Creek
All Waters
Common Carp
(Stark, Summit, Tuscarawas counties)
Green Sunfish
Month
PCBs
North Branch
Portage River
All Waters
(Wood County)
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
North Turkeyfoot
Creek
All Waters
Channel Catfish
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Common Carp
Unrestricted
Spotted Bass
Month
Mercury
Channel Catfish
18” and over
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Ohio Brush Creek
State Route 73 (Louden) to mouth
(Ohio River) (Adams County)
Ohio Canal
See Portage Canal (Summit County)
Ohio River
Pennsylvania Border (East Liverpool)
to Belleville Lock
(Athens, Belmont, Columbiana,
Jefferson, Meigs, Monroe,
Washington counties)
Belleville Lock to Indiana Border
(Adams, Brown, Clermont, Gallia,
Hamilton, Lawrence, Meigs,
Scioto counties)
Olentangy River
State Route 95 (Claridon) to mouth
(Scioto River) (Delaware, Franklin,
Marion counties)
Unrestricted
Channel Catfish under 18”, Two months
Common Carp, Striped
Bass Hybrid, White Bass
PCBs
Black Crappie, Flathead
Month
Catfish, Freshwater Drum,
Largemouth Bass, Sauger,
Saugeye, Smallmouth
Bass, Smallmouth Buffalo,
Spotted Bass, All Suckers,
Walleye
PCBs
Channel Catfish
18” and over
PCBs
Two months
Channel Catfish under 18”, Month
Common Carp, Flathead
Catfish, Freshwater Drum,
Striped Bass, Striped Bass
Hybrid, All Suckers, White
Bass
PCBs
Largemouth Bass,
Smallmouth Bass,
Spotted Bass
Month
Mercury
Smallmouth Bass
12” and over
Month
Mercury
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Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
O’Shaughnessy
Reservoir
All Waters
(Delaware County)
Common Carp,
White Crappie
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Ottawa River
(Lima)
Cool Road (Allen County)
to mouth (Auglaize River)
(Allen, Putnam counties)
Rock Bass,
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Ottawa River
(Toledo)
Main Street in Sylvania
Common Carp
to Secor Road at University of Toledo
(Lucas County)
Month
PCBs
Secor Road at University of Toledo to Common Carp
Auburn Avenue (Lucas County)
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Auburn Avenue to mouth (Lake Erie) All Species
(Lucas County)
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Thomas Road near Florence to near
Plyley’s Lane at Belleview Avenue
(Belleview Heights) (Fayette,
Highland, Madison, Ross counties)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Near Plyley’s Lane at Belleview
Common Carp
Avenue (Belleview Heights) to mouth
Largemouth Bass
(Scioto River) (Ross County)
Month
PCBs
Month
Mercury
All Waters
(Highland County)
Saugeye
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Bluegill
Unrestricted
Common Carp,
Largemouth Bass
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Bluegill
Unrestricted
Mercury
Paint Creek
Paint Creek Lake
Piedmont Lake
All Waters
Pike Lake
All Waters
(Pike County)
Channel Catfish
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Pine Creek
Monroe Road to mouth (Ohio River)
(Lawrence, Scioto counties)
Sauger, Spotted Bass
Month
Mercury
Portage Canal
(a.k.a. Ohio Canal)
All Waters
(Summit County)
Channel Catfish,
Common Carp
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Portage River
Ohio Turnpike to Lake Erie
(Ottawa County)
Channel Catfish,
Common Carp
Two months
PCBs
Punderson Lake
All Waters (Geauga County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Pymatuning
Reservoir
All Waters
(Ashtabula County)
Largemouth Bass
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Rocky Fork
Licking River
Jobes Road near Davis Farm Bridge
to mouth (Licking River)
(Licking County)
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Rocky Fork Little
Scioto River
Kendall Road (Minford) to mouth
(Little Scioto River) (Scioto County)
Spotted Bass
Month
Mercury
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Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Rocky Fork
Mohican River
I-71 to mouth (Black Fork
Mohican River) (Richland County)
Channel Catfish,
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
Rush Run Lake
All Waters (Preble County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Salt Creek
State Route 56 near Election Road
(Haynes) to mouth (Scioto River)
(Hocking, Ross, Vinton, counties)
Channel Catfish 18” and
over, Sauger, Smallmouth
Bass, Spotted Bass
Month
Mercury
Flathead Catfish
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Salt Fork Reservoir
All Waters (Guernsey County)
Bluegill
Unrestricted
Salt Lick Creek
North High Street (Jackson) to
County Road 216 (Springer Road)
(Jackson, Ross counties)
Spotted Bass
Month
Mercury
Sandusky River
Rice Road, south of the Ballville Dam, Common Carp,
to Lake Erie
Smallmouth Buffalo
Month
PCBs
State Route 598 (Middletown)
to mouth (Lake Erie)
(Crawford, Sandusky, Seneca,
Wyandot counties)
Channel Catfish
16” and over, Rock Bass,
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Stump Road (Minerva)
to mouth (Tuscarawas River)
(Carroll, Columbiana, Stark,
Tuscarawas counties)
Common Carp, Rock Bass
Month
PCBs
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Schoonover Lake
All Waters (Allen County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Scioto River
(continued on
next page)
U.S. Route 68 (Kenton) to
Northern Pike, Saugeye
Ostrander Road (Warrensburg)
19" and over,
(Delaware, Hardin, Marion counties) Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Flathead Catfish
21” and over
Month
PCBs
Ostrander Road (Warrensburg)
to Greenlawn Dam (Columbus)
(Delaware, Franklin,
Pickaway counties)
Saugeye 19" and over
Month
Mercury
Flathead Catfish
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Greenlawn Dam (Columbus)
to U.S. Route 35 (Chillicothe)
(Pickaway, Ross counties)
Saugeye 19" and over,
White Bass 12" and over
Month
Mercury
Flathead Catfish
Month
PCBs, Mercury
Channel Catfish,
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
White Bass 12" and over
Month
Mercury
Flathead Catfish
Month
PCBs, Mercury
Channel Catfish, Common
Carp, Smallmouth Buffalo
Month
PCBs
Sandy Creek
U.S. Route 35 (Chillicothe)
to State Route 335 (Omega)
(Pike, Ross counties)
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Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Scioto River
(continued)
State Route 335 (Omega)
to mouth (Ohio River)
(Pike, Scioto counties)
White Bass 12" and over
Month
Mercury
Flathead Catfish
Month
PCBs, Mercury
Channel Catfish,
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
Sevenmile Creek
U.S. Route 35 (Eaton) to mouth
(Four Mile Creek) (Butler County)
Rock Bass
Month
Mercury
Shade River
All Waters
Freshwater Drum
Month
Mercury
Sippo Lake
All Waters
Black Crappie, Bluegill,
Common Carp,
Largemouth Bass
Unrestricted
South Branch
Portage River
Defiance Pike to mouth
(Portage River) (Wood County)
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
South Turkeyfoot
Creek
All Waters
Yellow Bullhead
Two meals
per week
Mercury
St. Joseph Lake
All Waters (Perry County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
St. Joseph River
All Waters
(Defiance, Williams counties)
Channel Catfish
Month
*Mercury, PCBs
Rock Bass, Northern Pike
Month
Mercury
St. Marys River
All Waters
(Auglaize, Mercer, Van Wert
counties)
Freshwater Drum,
Largemouth Bass
Northern Pike, Saugeye
Month
Mercury
Stillwater Creek
Piedmont Lake to
State Route 800 (Tuscarawas,
Harrison, Belmont counties)
Northern Pike, Saugeye
Month
Mercury
Stillwater River
Tobin Road (Cosmos) to State Route
121 (Needmore) (Darke County)
Channel Catfish,
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
State Route 121 (Needmore) to
State Route 718 (Pleasant Hill)
(Darke, Miami counties)
Channel Catfish,
Rock Bass 8" and over,
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
State Route 718 (Pleasant Hill) to
Turner Shoup Mill Road (Dayton)
(Miami, Montgomery counties)
Channel Catfish,
Largemouth Bass 13" and
over, Rock Bass 8" and
over, Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Turner Shoup Mill Road (Dayton)
to mouth (Great Miami River)
(Montgomery County)
Channel Catfish,
Largemouth Bass 13" and
over, Rock Bass 8" and
over, Smallmouth Bass,
White Crappie
Month
Mercury
All Waters
(Summit County)
Channel Catfish,
Common Carp
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Summit Lake
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Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Swan Creek
Weckerley Road (Whitehouse)
to mouth (Lake Erie)
(Lucas County)
Common Carp
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Northern Pike, Freshwater Month
Drum, Rock Bass
Mercury
Symmes Creek
State Route 141, Waterloo to Ohio
River (Gallia, Lawrence counties)
Freshwater Drum, Sauger
Month
Mercury
Tiffin River
All Waters
Channel Catfish 20” and
(Defiance, Fulton, Williams counties) greater, Common Carp,
Flathead Catfish,
Freshwater Drum,
Northern Pike 25” and
greater, Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Toussaint Creek
U.S. 23 to mouth (Lake Erie)
(Ottawa, Sandusky counties)
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
Turkey Creek Lake
All Waters (Scioto County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Tuscarawas River#
Arlington Road (Akron) to
State Route 619 (Barberton)
(Summit County)
Channel Catfish,
Common Carp
Two months
PCBs
State Route 619 (Barberton) to
Butterbridge Road (Crystal Springs)
(Stark, Summit counties)
Channel Catfish,
Common Carp
Two months
PCBs
Smallmouth Bass,
Yellow Bullhead
Month
PCBs
Northern Pike
25" and over
Month
Mercury
Channel Catfish,
Common Carp
Two months
PCBs
Rock Bass 9" and over,
Smallmouth Bass,
Yellow Bullhead
Month
PCBs
Northern Pike
25" and over
Month
Mercury
Flathead Catfish
26" and over
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Channel Catfish, Common
Carp, Flathead Catfish
under 26"
Two months
PCBs
Walleye
Month
Mercury, PCBs
(continued on
next page)
Butterbridge Road (Crystal Springs)
to State Route 416 (New
Philadelphia)
(Stark, Tuscarawas counties)
State Route 416 (New Philadelphia)
to Township Road 204 (Tuscarawas)
(Tuscarawas County)
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Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Tuscarawas River#
Township Road 204 (Tuscarawas)
to State Route 751 (Orange)
(Coshocton, Tuscarawas counties)
Flathead Catfish
26" and over
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Channel Catfish, Common
Carp, Flathead Catfish
under 26"
Two months
PCBs
(continued)
State Route 751 (Orange)
to mouth (Muskingum River)
(Coshocton County)
Freshwater Drum, Walleye Month
Mercury, PCBs
Flathead Catfish
26" and over
Do Not Eat
PCBs
Channel Catfish, Common
Carp, Flathead Catfish
under 26"
Two months
PCBs
Freshwater Drum
Month
Mercury, PCBs
Smallmouth Bass
13" and over
Month
Mercury
Twin Creek
U.S. Route 40 (Lewisburg) to mouth
(Great Miami River) (Montgomery,
Preble, Warren counties)
Tymochtee Creek
State Route 37 (Marseilles) to mouth Channel Catfish
(Sandusky River) (Wyandot County)
Month
Mercury
Vermilion River
All Waters (Erie, Huron, Lorain,
Richland counties)
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Veteran’s Memorial
Reservoir
All Waters
(Hancock County)
White Crappie
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Common Carp
Month
Mercury
Wakatomika Creek
All Waters (Coshocton, Knox, Licking, Rock Bass,
Muskingum counties)
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Walborn Reservoir
All Waters (Portage, Stark counties)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Walhonding River
All Waters
(Coshocton County)
Channel Catfish
Month
PCBs
Freshwater Drum
Month
Mercury
Walnut Creek
(Scioto River
tributary)
All Waters
(Fairfield, Franklin, Pickaway
counties)
Channel Catfish
Month
PCBs
Smallmouth Bass
14” and larger
Month
Mercury
West Branch
Black River
Parsons Road to mouth (Black River)
(Lorain County)
White Sucker, Common
Carp, Rock Bass
Month
Mercury
West Branch
Reservoir (Michael J.
Kirwan Reservoir)
All Waters
(Portage County)
Largemouth Bass
Month
Mercury
West Branch
Rocky River
All Waters
(Cuyahoga, Medina counties)
Rock Bass,
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
Wheeling Creek
State Route 9 (Fairpoint) to mouth
(Ohio River) (Belmont County)
Smallmouth Bass
Month
Mercury
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Body of Water
Area Under Advisory
Species
One meal per
Contaminant
Whitewater River
Indiana State Line to mouth
(Great Miami River)
(Hamilton County)
Freshwater Drum, Sauger
Month
Mercury
White Bass
Month
PCBs
All Waters (Muskingum and
Coshocton counties)
Saugeye
Month
Mercury
Wills Creek Reservoir All Waters (Muskingum County)
Channel Catfish
Two meals
per week
Mercury
Wolf Creek
Gettysburg Road to mouth (Great
Miami River) (Montgomery County)
Common Carp
Month
PCBs
Yellow Creek
State Park Mooretown Road
(Bravo) to mouth (Ohio River)
(Jefferson County)
Freshwater Drum
Month
Mercury
Wills Creek
* Chemical that drives the advisory.
#
The Tuscarawas River had a one meal per month fish advisory due to hexachlorobenzene through 2005. Data
collected in 2004 indicate that, although some hexachlorobenzene is still found in fish from the Tuscarawas River,
the levels are not a threat to human health if one meal per week or less is consumed.
^ The Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek had a Do Not Eat fish advisory due to mirex through 2006. Data collected from
1998 through 2004 indicate that, although some mirex is still found in fish in the Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek,
the levels are no longer high enough to require a no consumption advisory. All fish in Middle Fork Little Beaver
Creek should be consumed no more than once a week, as some species still contain mirex.
PAHs = Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
PCBs = Polychlorinated Biphenyls
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